Pacific Northwest LNG ImplicationsAnalysis of environmental impacts and the project development agreement

The Pacific Northwest LNG project is proposed for Lelu Island near Prince Rupert in northwest British Columbia. The provincial legislature will return on July 14 to debate an agreement that the government intends to sign, preventing future governments from changing specific environmental and taxation policies that relate to the project.

This backgrounder provides an estimation of the environmental implications of developing the project and the associated shale gas activity, as well as an examination of the clauses in the project development agreement relating to climate change policy.

British Columbia intends to introduce new carbon pollution rules for liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects proposed in the province. This backgrounder reviews the sources of carbon pollution from LNG and shale gas development, the opportunities to reduce those emissions, as well as current and emerging climate policies in B.C.

This report provides an overview of the greenhouse gas emissions produced by British Columbia's natural gas sector. It estimates that the anticipated emissions in 2020, accounting for current and proposed climate action policies as well as the anticipated shift to shale gas, could well exceed the province's goals as promised under its Climate Action Plan.

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